Constraining the age of the Côa valley (Portugal) engravings with radiocarbon dating

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 271, 1997, Pages 105-115

  Dorn, Ronald I ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001581627     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00084593     Document Type: Article

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